NHTSA Complaint #10046829 — 1999 DODGE DURANGO

I OWN A 1999 DODGE DURANGO. LAST YEAR WE BEGAN HAVING OIL PRESSURE RELATED PROBLEMS. WE WERE DRIVING AND THE PRESSURE WOULD DROP TO 0 AND WE WOULD HAVE TO STOP THE CAR AND HAVE IT TOWED IN. FIRST THEY CHANGED OUT OIL SENDING UNIT, NEXT THEY COULDN'T DUPLICATE THE PROBLEM. THE NEXT TIME THEY CLAIMED IT WAS DUE TO LACK OF MAINTENANCE (CHANGING OUR OIL EVERY 3,000 MILES). YES WE DID CHANGE OUR OIL. WE HAD OUR ENGINE FLUSHED SEVERAL TIMES. IT STILL PRODUCES SLUDGE EVEN RIGHT AFTER THE OIL IS CHANGED. IT IS NOW SITTING IN OUR DRIVEWAY BECAUSE WE DO NOT HAVE THE MONEY FOR A NEW ENGINE WHICH IT REQUIRES. THE THING IS THAT WE BEGAN LOOKING ON THE INTERNET TO TRY TO DIAGNOSE THE PROBLEM OURSELVES AND THERE ARE LITERALLY THOUSANDS OF OTHERS THAT OWN DODGE DURANGOS WITH THE SAME PROBLEM. IS THERE NOT SOMETHING THAT WE CAN DO? WE WERE EVEN GIVEN A FREE EXTENDED WARRANTY FOR ALL OF OUR PROBLEMS OF COURSE UNTIL OUR ORIGINAL WARRANTY RAN OUT AND NOW THEY SAY THAT OUR WARRANTY WILL NOT BE HONORED DUE TO THIS. THIS IS THE SAME STORY AS MANY MANY OTHERS. THANKS FOR YOUR TIME. *LA